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Willis June 1st ./75
My Dear Son
Sunday morning
last Elliot had a slight chill
folowed by some fever, which
passed off in about four hours
Yesterday he was up all day and
seemed about as usual except
that toward evening he looked
feeble. I rose this morning be
-fore sunrise, and soon after
discovered he had a chill.
this second chill lasted longer
by in about an hour after it passed
off he began to perspire, but
looked very pale and his face
had a swollen livid look I do
not like. I am treating him as
best I can. I wish you to
see Dr. Hudspeth and ask
him to prescribe for him
some medicine for present
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relief and a suitable Tonic
I have no doubt this attack
has come on for want of proper
bracing up t his reduced
system after the other attack
it did seem so impossible & seemed
realy cruel to dose him, any
more, I hoped that he would
get along without anything more
and realy neglected to give
anything to brace him up
against a relaps _ I hope he
may soon be relieved if not
H. can prescribe medicine
that will prepare the system
for a tonic. I will add
that he vomited up a greenish
looking bile this morning
while the chill was on him
Send up by express as
soon as you can
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You can tell the Doct about
his late illness, and that
since his recovery he has
not gained flesh or strength
as usual, but I thought
this owing to the warm
weather, as he seemed
bright & playful. his
bowels have acted regularly
but his discharges have
been rather too white
showing that his liver
perhaps did not act as well
as it should. I wrote you
a few days since I am toler
ably well.
Affectionately
Mary Jones.
In this and the late attack his
stomach reject[ed] quinine
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either in coffee, toddy or water,
it seems impossible to get
him to retain it; is there any
way it can be prepared in
solution that he could take
it?
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PS Sallie wishes me to ask you to
price for her, a kind of thick
white goods used for making
pantaloons; I do not know by
what name it is called
she wants it to make Charlie
Sunday pants MJ.